Yaba College of Education Flexible Skills Development Centre has graduated 83 persons that have completed the flexible short skills development courses in Vegetable Farming, Video Camera Operation and Editing.The centre, established by YABATECH in April 2016 in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning , was aimed at developing and teaching of Non-formal Courses in the college.
YABATECH Deputy Rector Mrs Titilayo Ukabam advised the graduates to start businesses with the skills acquired.“That is the only way by which they can actualise what they have been thought. “You need to employ people as well to assist when your business has grown bigger. We expect that you should become an employer of labours, we don’t want unemployment in Nigeria and before you know it, you will begin to grow.”JAIZ Charity Development Foundation Chief Executive Officer Imam Abdullahi Shuaib said the college’s programme was sponsored because it is in line with their focus area.
According to him, the tools and cash given to the graduates were meant to help them start businesses immediately.